David Beckham Hangs Up His Boots FC Barcelona Plans Facilities Investment Barça, Real Open To Selling TV Rights FA Settles On 5-Match Racism Ban Clubs Accuse Scudamore Of Interference Beckham Tops SI's International 20 List Europa League Final Scores On Kabel Eins CSD President Speaks Out Record-Priced Copa Tickets Sell Out Sports Feds Targeted Under Swiss Plan
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David Beckham To Retire From Football May 26, Remembered As Sporting Icon05 / 17 / 13DAVID BECKHAM "has retired from football," according to Sarah Ebner of the LONDON TIMES. The 38-year-old, who "transcended the sport," has decided "to call it a day after winning the league title in France with Paris Saint-Germain." He is the first British player to win such a title in four differ... Tags: People and Pop Culture, United Kingdom, North America, Europe |
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FC Barcelona Plans Facilities Investment
La Liga Champion Barcelona is planning nearly $2.5M in upgrades to its facilities during the offseason. As it does "every season, the club will replace Camp Nou stadium's grass field, but this year it will also install a heating system that the technicians consider the best solution," accordin ...
Tags: Europe, Facilities
Barça, Real Open To Selling TV Rights
Spanish Football League (LFP) President Javier Tebas said that Barcelona and Real Madrid "are open to collectively selling broadcast rights in La Liga, but only if their income does not decrease," according to FOOTBALL ESPAÑA. The top two clubs currently account for a 50% share ...
FA Settles On 5-Match Racism Ban
The FA "has voted to introduce a minimum ban of five matches for any player found to have racially abused an opponent," in the wake of the furore over the John Terry and Luis Suárez incidents, according to Owen Gibson of the London GUARDIAN. The proposal, accepted at the FA's annual general m ...
Tags: International Football, Europe
Clubs Accuse Scudamore Of Interference
The Premier League "has been accused of heavy-handedness with Football League clubs in the tortuous negotiations" about how much of its forthcoming TV billions it will share with the rest of football, according to David Conn of the London GUARDIAN. In a "stormy" Football League meeting at Walsall on ...
Beckham Tops SI's International 20 List
After four straight years at No. 1, Roger Federer "has been Fed-exed to No. 2 thanks to David Beckham," according to Daniel Roberts of SPORTS ILLUSTRATED. Beckham "has ducats pouring in from endorsements (certainly not from his paltry salary) new and old." And one smart move about his five-month sti ...
Tags: Marketing and Sponsorship, Europe
Europa League Final Scores On Kabel Eins
German free-to-air TV channel kabel eins "has recorded top ratings for its broadcast of the Europa League final between Chelsea and Benfica," according to Manuel Weis of QUOTENMETER. Kabel eins attracted a total of 2.58 million viewers to the game's first half on Wednesday night. The first half of t ...
CSD President Speaks Out
Spanish Superior Sports Council (CSD) President MIGUEL CARDENAL addressed a number of subjects, including the debt many La Liga clubs are facing, at a Europe Press breakfast Thursday, according to the EP. Cardenal said, "The teams are already working to solve the debt issue. La Liga's president ha ...
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Record-Priced Copa Tickets Sell Out
A "full house is guaranteed at the Santiago Bernabéu" for Friday's Copa del Rey final between Real Madrid and Atlético Madrid, "even though the ticket prices agreed by the two clubs and the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) are the highest ever," according to Miguel Angel Lara of MARC ...
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Sports Feds Targeted Under Swiss Plan
The Swiss cabinet "proposed tightening anti-corruption laws" on Wednesday, pointing to the int'l sporting federations based in the country "as targets of the suggested changes," according to Brian Homewood of REUTERS. In a statement, the government said, "Switzerland is among the countries least aff ...
Seven F1 Teams Can't Afford New Engines
Seven of the 11 F1 teams "are reportedly unable to afford the new engines for the '14 season," according to Helmut Uhl of BILD. Besides the top four teams, Red Bull, Ferrari, McLaren and Mercedes, "the rest of the field is in financial trouble." The three engine suppliers, Mercedes, Ferrari and Rena ...
